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  • Writing Center https://www.plu.edu/writingcenter/

    The PLU Writing Center is a resource for all PLU writers and teachers of writing. Because we believe that all writers, whether novice or professional, benefit from feedback, our mission is to provide

    Welcome to the Writing Center For the 2023-2024 school year, the PLU Writing Center is offering a combination of in-person and virtual writing consultations to students who are on and off campus. Book an appointment and choose an appointment time using the button below. After you’ve selected a 30 or 60-minute appointment, your consultant will get in touch as soon as possible to arrange a format for the meeting. For in-person meetings, we are located on the second floor of the Mortvedt Library

    Writing Center
    253-535-8709
    writing@plu.edu
    Writing Center, Library 220 Tacoma, WA 98447-0003

  • MFA - Creative Writing https://www.plu.edu/mfa/

    Our MFA, the Rainier Writing Workshop, is the Pacific Northwest’s premier low-residency Master of Fine Arts in creative writing.

    Innovation. Challenge. Community.What are your goals as a student and maker of literature, as an artist contributing to the conversation about the urgent matters of our time? What is the work you want to do, the work that is specific to your experience, talent, and imagination? Now celebrating over 19 years of accomplishment, the Rainier Writing Workshop has been helping writers to answer those questions, and to generate new, even deeper questions about the writer’s aspirations. Our MFA is an

    Graduate Admission
    253-535-8570
    gradadmission@plu.edu
    Pacific Lutheran University 12180 Park Avenue South Tacoma, WA 98447-0003

  • Writing & Editing https://www.plu.edu/marcom/media/writing-editing/

    Writing & EditingMarketing & Communications provides writing and editing support for print and online publications such as Resolute Magazine and Web homepage feature stories and a broad range of other publications. We support the work of many departments and organizations across campus, with major clients including the Office of Admission and the Office of Advancement. We prepare production schedules, plan story development, oversee writing assignments, direct photography and graphic design

  • Writing Groups https://www.plu.edu/faculty-resources/scholarship/writing-groups/

    Faculty Writing GroupsPrintable pdfDo you have writing projects on which you need to make progress but are having difficulty finding the time to do so? When your workload piles up, is your scholarly writing one of the first things to get pushed to the back burner or off of the stove completely? If so, you might be interested in joining a Faculty Writing Group!What is it?Faculty writing groups are small groups of faculty (3-6) who commit to meeting regularly in a designated space and spending

  • Writing Competencies https://www.plu.edu/sociology-criminal-justice/documents/writing-competencies/

    Recommended Course Sequencing for Sociology Majors and Minors (pdf) view download

  • Designing Effective Writing Assignments https://www.plu.edu/writingcenter/faculty-resources/designing-effective-writing-assignments/

    well as to anticipate their readers’ needs. Assignments are usually more successful when they give writers a clear sense of audience. As teachers, you might provide opportunities (in different assignments) for your students to practice writing for different audiences. Writers often have difficulty coming up with topics or imagining ways to expand upon a topic (what in classical rhetoric is referred to as the invention phase of writing). Therefore, it is helpful to provide questions and

  • WATCH THIS: Professor Marnie Ritchie discusses surveillance, rhetoric and media https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2022/11/01/marnie-ritchie-resolute/

    WATCH THIS: Professor Marnie Ritchie discusses surveillance, rhetoric and media Posted by: Silong Chhun / November 1, 2022 Image: Assistant Professor of Communication Marnie Ritchie (PLU Photo/Sy Bean) November 1, 2022 By Zach Powers '10ResoLute EditorDo you ever worry about history-tracking web browsers, “smart” kitchen appliances, and the even smarter phones we sleep next to? PLU Assistant Professor of Communication Marnie Ritchie thinks about these things. She thinks about them A LOT.Ritchie

  • Rick Barot and Ann Pancake Discuss PLU’s MFA in Creative Writing and the Impact of Creative Writing https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2015/07/27/rick-barot-ann-pancake-podcast/

    Rick Barot and Ann Pancake Discuss PLU’s MFA in Creative Writing and the Impact of Creative Writing (Podcast) Posted by: Zach Powers / July 27, 2015 Image: MFA Director Rick Barot and MFA mentor & instructor Ann Pancake at KPLU’s recording studio in downtown Seattle. [Photo by Zach Powers/PLU] July 27, 2015 By Zach Powers ’10PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WASH. (July 27, 2015)- Known as the Rainier Writing Workshop (RWW), Pacific Lutheran University’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative

  • Writing Throughout the Curriculum https://www.plu.edu/catalog-2023-2024/ilos-values-principles-gened-writing/writing-throughout-curriculum/

    Pacific Lutheran University is a community of scholars, a community of readers and writers. Reading informs the intellect and liberates the imagination. Writing pervades our academic lives as teachers and students, both as a way of communicating what we learn and as a means of shaping thoughts and ideas. All faculty members share the responsibility for improving the literacy of their students. Faculty in every department and school make writing an essential part of their courses and show

  • Writing Effective Thesis Statements https://www.plu.edu/writingcenter/writing-effective-thesis-statements/

    Writing Effective Thesis StatementsA good thesis statement can be the difference between making an argument about something, and simply re-stating what someone else has already said. In your thesis statement, you want to make a claim that you will continue to develop throughout the paper. It should represent your own ideas–perhaps in response to something someone else has said–but ultimately, it is your argument. As such, a good thesis statement should have 3 main traits. A good thesis: Can be